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Editorial

Israel’s Arab Partners Put Palestine Back at the Center

How an Eight-Nation Regional Consensus Challenges Transactional Normalization and Reshapes Post-War Diplomacy You know that moment when you see a diplomatic move coming before it even lands?...

Achilles Shield Shatters Ankara’s Eastern Med Strategy

Inside the Secret Turkish Intelligence Mission to Athens amid Israel’s $3.5B Air Defense Deal When the chief of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organisation quietly landed in Athens last week...

The Global Shadow Front: Israel’s Unseen Battle to Neutralize Iran’s Terror Network

The global battleground between Israeli intelligence and Iranian-backed terror networks has entered a dangerous new phase. As the High Holy Days approach, the National Security Council has signaled...

A Convergence of Interests: How Domestic Electoral Math Brought Anti-Zionist Hasidim to the Oval Office

When photographs surfaced of Donald Trump hosting a delegation of ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders in the Oval Office ahead of Rosh Hashanah, people who follow US and Middle Eastern politics did a double...

The Mecca Pact’s Missing Piece: Why Erdogan Wants Egypt

Navigating Energy Infrastructure, Maritime Security, and Shifting Alliances across the Middle East and Mediterranean The geopolitics of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are being redrawn, and...

The Art of Narrative Hijacking: How Sara Netanyahu Distracted Israel from Governance Failures

In political strategy, control over the public agenda is often more decisive than the substance of any individual argument. During a high-stakes campaign, the defining victory is not convincing the...

What Turkey’s Move Toward Beijing and Moscow Means for Israel

Strategic Analysis of SCO Alignment, NATO Cohesion, and Middle Eastern Security Dynamics Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it again, because he keeps needing to say it: Turkey belongs to no single orbit...

Germany’s Far-Right Surge and the Reckoning for Jewish Security

Strategic Analysis of Electoral Shifts in Saxony-Anhalt, Cultural Memory, and Diaspora Safety The political shift taking shape in Saxony-Anhalt reads, for Germany’s Jewish community, like a...

Investigation

Why Chemical and Biological Warfare Demands Our Attention

In the hyper-militarized Middle East, our obsession with hardware has blinded us to the most insidious threats. We are a region addicted to the spectacle of defense, the multi-billion-dollar air...

Why Israel’s UN Policy Is a Strategic Failure

For decades, the standard Israeli reflex toward the United Nations has been one of indignant, often performative dismissal. From the halls of the General Assembly to the investigative chambers in...

The End of the Military Option in Lebanon?

Military victories can destroy armies, but only political settlements determine whether wars truly end. That is the dilemma confronting Israel after its latest agreement with Lebanon. The deal may...

How the Iran War Strengthened the Israel-UAE Partnership

Wars do more than redraw battlefields, they reveal who stands beside you when the missiles start flying. The recent confrontation with Iran appears to have delivered precisely that lesson for Israel...

Who Will Israel Believe: Netanyahu or the Prosecutors?

There is an old legal saying: “When the facts are on your side, argue the facts. When the law is on your side, argue the law. When neither is clearly on your side, argue the process.”...

Why Israel Cannot Afford to Rush Judgment on Trump’s Iran Deal

There is an old Middle Eastern proverb: “Trust in God, but tie your camel.” Few issues illustrate that wisdom better than the emerging US-Iran memorandum of understanding. Across Israel, reactions...

How Long Can Israel Keep Fighting in Lebanon Without Clear Gains?

There is an old military warning that every commander eventually learns: winning battles does not always mean winning wars. Israel’s current campaign in southern Lebanon increasingly risks...

Why Europe’s Sanctions on Settlers Miss the Point

France’s reported effort to coordinate national sanctions against “violent” Israeli settlers marks another escalation in Europe’s increasingly direct involvement in Israel’s internal political and...